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Today in History: December 20, US troops sent into Panama to remove Manuel Noriega from power

Also on this day, three Black men were attacked by a group of white youths in the Howard Beach neighborhood of Queens, New York, resulting in the death of one of the men, Michael Griffith

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA: US Defense Secretary Dick Cheney (L) stands by as General Colin Powell, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, briefs reporters at the Pentagon 20 December 1989 about the military operation to remove Panama’s General Manuel Antonio Noriega from power and bring him to the US for trial on drug charges. (Photo credit should read BOB PEARSON/AFP via Getty Images)
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA: US Defense Secretary Dick Cheney (L) stands by as General Colin Powell, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, briefs reporters at the Pentagon 20 December 1989 about the military operation to remove Panama’s General Manuel Antonio Noriega from power and bring him to the US for trial on drug charges. (Photo credit should read BOB PEARSON/AFP via Getty Images)
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The United States launched Operation Just Cause, sending troops into Panama to topple the government of Gen. Manuel Noriega.

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